La integración energética en Suramérica: ¿realidad o utopía? La construcción europea como referencia

Abstract

This paper examines the context and the measures the EU has adopted throughout its evolution as a sui generis community to build a single energy market to ensure Member States¿ security of supply, competitiveness and sustainability. Under a retrospective approach and focusing the European experience, the article provides a systematization of various initiatives driven in the field of South American energy integration. The purpose of this paper is to identify the basic features and the main actions taken in the context of integration projects. It underlines some of the factors that have influenced the lack of progress and development of the integration initiatives.

Keywords

• european union
• energy
• energy integration
• energy market
• south america
• south american integration